Water → 1-Methyl-6-nitro-1H-indole

HRID 401240Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 401240 reaction equation
[N+:1]([C:4]1[CH:12]=[C:11]2[C:7]([CH:8]=[CH:9][NH:10]2)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].[C:13]([O-])([O-])=O.[K+].[K+].CI.O>CN(C=O)C>[CH3:13][N:10]1[C:11]2[C:7](=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([N+:1]([O-:3])=[O:2])[CH:12]=2)[CH:8]=[CH:9]1

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 962WaterHCID 6328Methyl iodideHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 785026-Nitro-1H-indole

Product 1

HCID 106073591-Methyl-6-nitro-1H-indoleYield 98%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 6-nitroindole (4.05 g 25 mmol) in DMF (50 mL) was added K2CO3 (8.63 g, 62.5 mmol) and MeI (5.33 g, 37.5 mmol). After stifling at room temperature overnight, the mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under vacuum to give the product 1-methyl-6-nitro-1H-indole (4.3 g, 98%).

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  2. dry with materialThe combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4
  3. concentrationconcentrated under vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c2f80de548dd4e0eb60369f7dae37f85
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_06
Patent number
US08741925B2

Reaction notes

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